My body is ready.

https://www.motortrend.com/how-to/lt...e-z06-details/

Yeah this is a real game changer, sure makes those base model C8's look pedestrian.

If I spent a fortune on a base model C8, I would be feeling like a real idiot right about now.

There’s plenty of options left for guys like that. They can sell it as collectible being the first C8 or they just wait until someone wrecks a Z06 then buy the rear clip and transfer everything to their standard Corvette (probably cheapest if you don’t need to pay for labor)

I would personally get the cheapest standard C8 with a manual and modify it with good aftermarket suspension, but my God that engine is perfect

[QUOTE=Softworn post_id=1649898003]There’s plenty of options left for guys like that. They can sell it as collectible being the first C8 or they just wait until someone wrecks a Z06 then buy the rear clip and transfer everything to their standard Corvette (probably cheapest if you don’t need to pay for labor)

I would personally get the cheapest standard C8 with a manual and modify it with good aftermarket suspension, but my God that engine is perfect

[youtube]1q6p5vlAWEs[youtube][/QUOTE]Yeah with the new Z06 they finally came up with an engine that can truly compete with the European exotics. The flat plane crank is a game changer, Chevy V8's have always been really old school pushrod V8's, and they usually relied upon supercharging to give them lots of power, which resulted in a relatively low revving engine with huge torque figures.

With this new Z06 they have a truly high-revving NA V8, which just so happens to be my favorite type of engine. I got something like that in my Ferrari California, but the 4.3 V8 in that isn't nearly as powerful as this, but having had a Trans Am WS6 I can easily say how there is no comparison between pushrods and a nice flat plane, comparing apples to oranges. I mean the pushrod has that real "throw you in the back of your seat" low-end torque, but there is nothing like revving out a flat plane V8, and they love to rev and be driven at high revs.

Monster Miatas are unstable at high speeds on a track.

If I did one, I would get one of Ford’s EcoBoosts like Chelsea did with a Notchback and have all of the custom suspension made for wide angle steering.

Check @ 06:00 to 08:00 when they are dialing in the fuel, he gets the 2.3L torque line to peak near idle with just boost!

some granny in a tesla can just about match the speed blissfully


bbb..b. muh RWD quarter mile roads closed pizza guy

Wish I had the time, resources, knowledge to get into this type of stuff. Always amazed at what tuners can do.

H/C/I WS6 crew

Manual no longer available in any new corvettes

Now put that Tesla on a track and have them stay fast more than one lap. Teslas right now are amazing for short term power, but immediately slow down after the battery overheats from giving all that power in such a short time.

It would be really cool to start seeing some sort of liquid cooling ie. a radiator on electric cars that can cool down the batteries to keep consistent power. While 1/4 mile and 0-60 times are awesome, it's always been kinda boring IMO. More interested in tracking vehicles where there are trade offs between power, braking, handling etc to take into consideration.

Strong knowledge of the laws of physics

BRB my 6,000 pound Tesla popped all of my tires at turn 5 because it weighs 3x as much as any other car on the track

BRB the monolithically designed electrical system had a cigarette lighter failure, locking me inside because the shaved door handles can’t be opened from outside

BRB I am burning alive but at least everyone online knows I own Tesla and trade crypto

Corvettes have had double wishbone suspension for decades.

Yeah Teslas are good at one thing and one thing only: competing with factory spec cars on the drag strip. They can't compete with real dragsters as EV's have such a limited top speed, but they are very fast off the line.

That said a Tesla would be a boring as phuck car to take through the bends, and they don't handle well as they weigh multiple phuck tons. The Tesla roadsters are an exception, but then again the original wasn't exactly blazing fast and the new one costs as much as exotics.